It feels as if I have made more mistakes this semester than I have my entire life. It’s easy to see your mistakes in college, especially if they include not studying hard enough for a biology exam and then regretfully seeing your grade later. I have learned that I cannot put off studying especially for that bio class because it will drastically hurt my grades. One of the biggest mistakes that I have made so far would have to be taking Biology 160 instead of Biology 102. Although I am still suffering and struggling in that class, it has taught me that not everything in life is going to be easy and I need to learn how to adapt to difficult circumstances. I realize that I will continue to make mistakes in college, but isn’t that what college is about? We are supposed to spend these years learning from our mistakes so that we can learn about ourselves.
“And bad mistakes – I’ve made a few. I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face but I’ve come through.” These are lyrics from the Queen song “We are the Champions”.
Everyone makes mistakes, even if they seem perfect on the outside. I mean, Queen has won many awards and made lots of money and they even tell you in their song that they’ve messed up. During my winter break I am supposed to speak to seniors from my high school on what to expect from college. The first thing that I am going to tell them is that you will make mistakes and there’s nothing wrong with that. I remember walking from the Turner Center when I got a BlackBoard notification of my first Biology test grade. The optimist that I am thought that I made around an 80. That optimism quickly turned to pessimism when I saw that I made a 50 (It’s hard, don’t judge). I went through the classic stage of blaming everyone but myself, but then I realized that I made a mistake in not studying hard for the test. I thought that the end of my world was nearing, but I have come to realize that making a mistake is not the end of the world. If anything, making mistakes helps build your future in a bigger, brighter way. Just look at Queen, they made mistakes and got sand kicked in the face (Ouch!) and they wound up the champions in the end.